Arch support



I. M. PEASE Jan. 19 1926.

ARCH SUPPORT Filed August 4, 109215 Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC M. PEASE, OF CINCINNATI, OIHO.

ARCH SUPPORT.

Application filed August 4, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC M. PnAsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Arch Support, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is an arch support, and one object of the invention is to provide an article of the kind mentioned which may be removed and replaced without difficulty. Another object of the invention. is to provide novel means whereby the position of the pad may be adjusted. A further object of the invention is so to construct the device that the connecting elements which unite the pad with the band will be prevented from wearing either theshoe or the foot of the person using the device.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 shows in bottom plan, a device constructed in accordance with the inven tion; Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a bottom plan disclosing a modified means for attach ng the pad; Figure 4 is a section on the line 44 of Figure 3.

In carrying out the invention as shown in Figures 1 and 2, there is provided a band 1, made of elastic retractile material, the

i band being formed into a loop 2 which tapers from one end toward the other, as shown at 3. The ends 4 of the band 1 are located between strips 5 and 6, which may be made of cloth or any other flexible material. The strips 5 and 6 are stitched together, as at 8, along their edges, through the band 1 near the ends thereof and, in addition, the strips 5 and 6 are united by parallel lines of stitching 9, near their ends, the stitching indicated at 9 passing through the band 1 and the strips 5 and 6. Within the loop 2 and on the bottom portion thereof is located a pad 7 which is of approximately oval outline, the pad projecting beyond the ends of the loop 2, as shown in Figure 1. The pad 7 may be made of rubber or any other suitable material. The pad 7 preferably is thinned at its edges, as indicated at 10.

A longitudinal slit 17 is formed in the strips 5 and 6 between the ends 4 of the loop Serial No. 655,623.

2. Openings 18 are fashioned in the strips 5 and 6 and in the ends 4 of the band 2. The opeings 18 may be reinforced by eyelets 19, made of metal, celluloid or any other rigid substance. A fastener is provided, the same comprising a head 20, a shank 21 and bendable prongs 22. The shank 21 of the fastener passes downwardly through thepad 7 and through the slit 17. The pad, therefore, may be adjusted longitudinally of the slit 17, the shank 21 of the fastener moving in the slit. The prongs 22 of the fastener are bent laterally in opposite directions, and upwardly, so that their ends are received in the eyelets 19, the ends of the shank of the fastener being so disposed, as shown in Figure 2 that they will not catch upon the shoe or the stocking of the wearer.

In Figures 3 and 4, the pad is marked by the numeral 23. The fastenercomprises a head 24, a shank 25 and bendable prongs 26. The head 24 of the fastener engages the upper surface of the pad 23, the shank 25 of the fastener passing downwardly through the pad and through the slit 27 formed in a plate 28, made of metal or any other suitable material, the plate having spaced openings or seats 29, into which the prongs 26 may be bent, as shown in Figure 4, to carry out the object mentioned in connection wit that form of the invention which is depicted in Figure 2.

It will be observed that the plate 28 of Figure 3 is provided with any suitable means whereby the plate may be secured to the loop-shaped band, the plate thus constituting in effect a part of the band.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, a loop-shaped band having a longitudinal slit, a pad, and a fastener carried by the pad, the fastener being movable in the slit.

2. In a device of the class described, a loop-shaped band, a pad within the band, and a fastener carried by the pad, the band having a longitudinal slit receiving the fastener for adjustment, and having spaced openings into which the end of the fastener may be extended.

In testimony that I claim the fore oing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

ISAAC M. PEASE. 

